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African Teachers Centre > Activities > Projects
Projects
You will find here links to various projects undertaken by the ATN. For more information on this project, please email Hillar or Lawase at: [email protected]
Professional Development
This theme area comprises the following projects during the first twelve-month start-up phase:
An evaluation of online professional development programs available to African educators, commencing October 2020
Participation by 100 African teachers in a made-in-Africa online professional development pilot projects.
Project 1: Evaluating Online Professional Development Courses
The objectives of this project are to conduct research on the variety of online professional development courses targeted at African teachers. The main purpose of the project is to ascertain the range of courses available and to evaluate the experience with these online courses. The final objective is to provide guidelines on what constitutes a good teacher professional development course and to inform policy on teacher professional development in Africa.
The research questions for this project include:
What online professional development courses are available to African teachers?
What has been the experience with African teacher involvement in these courses?
What is the educational value of existing online professional development courses for African teachers?
What guidelines can be developed to determine best practice in professional development of African teachers?
What are the implications for professional development policy by national education ministries in Africa?
The outputs of this project will include:
A research report;
A discussion forum on the research findings among the ATN;
Guidelines for professional development best practice;
Policy recommendations on professional development practice through the use of ICTs.
It is proposed that the partners involved in this project with SNA will be OSISA and the Southern Africa Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE).
Project 2: A made-in-Africa Online Professional Development Course
The objectives of this project are to promote an online professional development course to be developed by an African education or school networking institution.
The activities of this project involves 100 teachers to be enrolled in an African-based online teachers development project where the target for the involvement of women teachers will be 60% and the target for teachers from rural communities in Africa will be 50%.
The outputs of this project include:
A made-in African online professional development course;
100 African teachers participating in the course
An evaluation report on the course
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